Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roundtrip

/ɹˌaʊndtɹˈɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: roundtrip
IPA: /ɹˌaʊndtɹˈɪp/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of round trip.

verb

To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.

Transitive verb

verb

To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.

Example Sentences

"Left with only her Sun-Times subscribers, she faced a 35-mile roundtrip to deliver to four of them."
"In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]"
"In some cases, roundtripping can involve repeated conversions of the file from one format to another and back. Frequent roundtripping may be a concern because each conversion has the potential to introduce unwanted changes to the file."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

roundtrips (plural) roundtrips (present, singular) roundtripping (participle, present) roundtripped (participle, past) roundtripped (past)

Rhymes With

ship trip tip hip strip chip slip rip clip skip flip lip

Questions

How do you pronounce roundtrip?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌaʊndtɹˈɪp/.
What does roundtrip mean?: Alternative form of round trip.

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